Driver falls asleep and crashes on I-5

Point Loma  A driver who feel asleep at the wheel crashed into a SUV on Interstate 5 in La Jolla Friday morning, causing it to roll over several times, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

The crash happened just after midnight when a man in an Acura driving south feel asleep and rear-ended a Jeep, CHP Officer Jake Sanchez said.

Both the woman in the Jeep and the other driver were hospitalized with minor injuries, Sanchez said.

About a half-hour later, a motorcyclist who tried to avoid the wreckage braked and was thrown off his Kawasaki. Medical personnel already at the scene took him to a hospital, also with minor injuries, Sanchez said.